On the last day of his Senate confirmation hearings, U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. cited his work in Indian law cases in an attempt to portray himself as open-minded justice who would understand the impact of his...

A documentary about the 1973 American Indian Movement's occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is going national. "A Tattoo on My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee 1973" was culled from 39 hours of...

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has agreed to acquire 75 acres in trust for the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. The land is home to the tribe's elderly housing complex, an historic church and 27 undeveloped acres, The New London Day...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Friday in the latest Cobell v. Norton dispute. A panel of three judges considered a broad historical accounting and trust reform injunction that U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth imposed on...

"In the 9-year legal battle over missing Blackfoot Indian royalties, US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth has been a perennial thorn in the side to the Justice and Interior Departments of both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The case,...

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma donated $443,991 to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The tribe gave all of its Labor Day casino profits plus a week's worth of fuel sales. Customers and employees also chipped in....

The governor of San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico is seeking to change the name of his tribe. San Juan was named when it became the first New World capital of Spain in 1598. But it originally known as "Ohkay...

The state of New Mexico is installing a statue of a Pueblo leader in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.. The state chose Po'pay as its second representative in the hall. Po'pay was a leader of the 1680 Pueblo...

The first Native American Law Enforcement Summit is being held in Minnesota this week. The conference will provide training on issues affecting law enforcement in Indian Country. The agenda includes state-tribal jurisdiction, gangs, substance abuse and contraband cigarettes [Link]. Bill...

A second notice of a lawsuit was filed by victims of the March 21, 2005, shootings on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota. The notice was filed in federal court on behalf of a teacher who was killed in the...

The United Auburn Indian Community of California is negotiating to protect sensitive land from development. Clover Valley Partners wants to use 622 acres to build homes. But the tribe doesn't want sacred sites and artifacts destroyed. The tribe previously talked...

Shadowyze [Web Site], a Creek hip-hop artist who lives in Florida, raised $12,000 for a Choctaw community in Mississippi that was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Shadowyze said he was worried that help might not reach the rural community of Bogue...

The Mechoopda Tribe signed a memorandum of understanding regarding campus development with Chico State University. The school is located on the tribe's ancestral land. Villages and burial grounds are known to exist on the campus. A tribal cemetery is located...

The Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana are donating 5,000 pounds of bison meat to victims of Hurricane Katrina now that they have found a shipper. Dependable Auto Shippers Inc., a Texas company, will...

"I recently asked some of the Redskin players how they felt about the name. 'It's hard for me to understand because our people weren't treated like that,' said Joe Salave'a, whose ethnicity is Samoan. 'But if that's how [American Indians]...

In the mid-1970s, a high of 27 people were licensed to distribute peyote in South Texas, the only place in the United States where peyote grows. But that number has dwindled to just four as of last year. And fewer...

The Makah Nation of Washington signed a treaty in 1855 that guarantees the right to hunt whale. In 2005, the tribe is waiting for approval from the federal government to restart the hunt. The tribe stopped taking gray whales in...

"Imagine the city as a blank slate. This is about the future. It's the story after the hurricane, after the earthquake or after the flood. The human tragedy has been calmed, and the focus shifts to reconstruction. How do you...

"If you've never breathed deep, then opened your mouth and exhaled a long and mournful howl, in the dead of the night, deep in a pitch-black forest, you are missing a great experience. That's howling with the wolves. I heard...